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Unemployment rate decreased to 4.2 percent in September 2017

10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national civilian unemployment rate decreased to 4.2 percent in September 2017, a decline of 0.7 percentage point from September 2016, when the rate was 4.9 percent.

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.9 percent), adult women (3.9 percent), teenagers (12.9 percent), Whites (3.7 percent), Blacks (7.0 percent), and Hispanics (5.1 percent) declined in September 2017, down from a year earlier. The rate for Asians (3.7 percent) showed little change from a year ago (3.9 percent).